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If you have to be a photographer to see the changes (and the focus on jaws is just so odd), and you won't notice the difference if you are just a regular Joe/Ja
by VSerge 4y ago
If you have to be a photographer to see the changes (and the focus on jaws is just so odd), and you won't notice the difference if you are just a regular Joe/Jane, then what purpose do these alterations serve?
As a non-photographer, apart from the photo with the strangely big jaw "fix", I can safely say I would be incapable to a) see there is a difference and b) say which image is supposed to be more beautiful.
- psychphysic 4y agoI think you're barking up the wrong tree here. The cover is not intended to be analysed in great detail. It's wholly a subconscious process. And certainly narrowing a jaw slightly will be aesthetically pleasing on a woman. Think of it like a slightly out of tune piano key. Used during a single song. Is it really noticeable? Not to many, will it be a better recital if it was intune? Certainly.
- JohnFen 4y ago> And certainly narrowing a jaw slightly will be aesthetically pleasing on a woman. Maybe? Doesn't what's aesthetically pleasing change from person to person? For instance, I don't find most people on magazine covers to be all that aesthetically pleasing -- but I am also aware that there are many who do.
- psychphysic 4y agoThere's a whole other set of niche magazines for people who like their women square jawed[0]. [0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1OWqz5FMEY0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1OWqz5FMEY0
- 0_____0 4y agoThe visibility of a design choice to a layperson does not affect its value. In photo editing, the fact that these changes are invisible to you is valuable, and desirable. Our experiences in the human world are shaped by millions of tiny, and often invisible design decisions. We could surmise that a decision is invisible to us and thus meaningless, or we could practice a bit of humility and attempt to see and understand what work was done there, and how it affects us.